Midfielder Ruler

"Ouch, ouch, ouch—"

With Tang Zheng holding the Asian Cup championship trophy with both hands high, all the Chinese fans in the Australian stadium fell into extreme carnival, creating waves of cheers.

Central 5 commentator He Wei's throat has become hoarse, but his passion remains undiminished. In his crazy state, he is eloquent: "Please remember this moment! Asian Cup champion! Chinese team! As Chinese people, we should firmly remember the historic victory. moment! But this is not our peak moment, on the contrary! This is just the first stop for us to set sail! I firmly believe that the Chinese team will get better and better and go to the world!!"

The Chinese players in the broadcast were also extremely excited, especially the players who touched the championship trophy with their hands. They seemed to feel an endless power, even if they encountered the world's top teams at this time, they would fight!

Tang Zheng handed the trophy to captain Zheng Zhi. Seeing the excitement of the old captain and other teammates, he felt full of accomplishment.

Why was the Chinese team able to go from the bottom to the Asian Cup championship?

Isn’t it because of yourself?

All these years of hard work have been worth it!

Any slogan that doesn’t seek results but seeks process is just chicken soup for the soul and is of no use at all!

Who doesn’t want their efforts to be rewarded?

Now that Tang Zheng's hard work has been rewarded, it can be considered worthy of all these years of hard work.

For Tang Zheng now, money can only be counted as a bunch of numbers, and that doesn't include the chemical company with a market value of tens of billions of euros. So feeling the joyful atmosphere rushing towards him, Tang Zheng suddenly thought about what he needs to do in the future. a lot of.

It is gratifying for the Chinese team to win the Asian Cup, but there is still a long way to go.

It is easy to conquer a country, but difficult to defend it.

Chinese football still has a long way to go if it wants to develop in the long term. The best we can do now is to let some people get rich first, and there will be many, many more to get rich later...

This night is destined to be sleepless for Chinese fans. The first intercontinental championship since the establishment of the team, and also won the final championship with the most goals and the fewest conceded goals in the history of the Asian Cup. This result is a perfect score.

The older generation of fans will have the idea of ​​​​death without regrets, because they finally waited for the Chinese team to stand on the top of Asia.

It was also a sleepless night for the Chinese players who fought hard to win the Asian Cup. They left traces of celebration in the locker room and the hotel where they stayed.

Those Chinese fans in Sydney feel that they are the happiest people in the world, because they can witness with their own eyes the Chinese team winning the game and winning the championship.

All Chinese people are celebrating wildly, but not the international players playing in Europe. They didn't even attend the team's celebration banquet and took flights to the cities where their respective clubs are located to prepare for the next league game. .

Tang Zheng is the most famous player in the Chinese team and naturally receives the most attention, so it is difficult to keep Tang Zheng's whereabouts secret most of the time.

Not only had Tang Zheng boarded the flight to Madrid, online media platforms at home and abroad had already updated the news.

Countless fans are lamenting, why did Tang Zheng succeed?

There are no shortcuts to success!

He just led the Chinese team to win the Asian Cup last night. He boarded a flight to Madrid early the next morning to prepare for the mid-week make-up match and the Madrid derby that starts at the Calderon Stadium on the weekend.

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Although the Chinese team's overseas internationals failed to return to China for the celebration banquet, except for a few Football Association executives who were dissatisfied, all Chinese fans were very satisfied with the players' actions.

How can Chinese football make the greatest progress?

Profession!

What is a career?

In addition to knowing what they are going to do and how to do it, players must also know what kind of historical mission they are carrying!

Chinese football's Asian Cup championship does not mean anything today, it only represents the glory that the Chinese team had in the past.

In order to chase new glory, professional players should continue to struggle non-stop and improve themselves.

Closer to home, during the month that Tang Zheng participated in the Asian Cup, Real Madrid performed very well. Except for the first draw with Valencia at the end of the winter break, Real Madrid won all other games.

However, the next schedule is very unfavorable for Real Madrid. First, they have to face league rival Sevilla in midweek due to the postponement of the Club World Cup, and then they will visit Atletico Madrid at the Calderon Stadium on the weekend.

Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti considered that Tang Zheng had just participated in all six games of the Chinese team and was not prepared to put Tang Zheng in the 18-man roster for the home league match against Sevilla in midweek. However, Tang Zheng has a very strong desire to compete. So we can only settle for the next best thing and put Tang Zheng on the bench.

Even Ancelotti did not expect that Tang Zheng's form would continue after the Chinese team won the championship, because most players tend to have a period of downturn after participating in international competitions, so they were not prepared to put Tang Zheng on the team. The 18-man roster allows him to take a good rest and adjust his condition.

But Real Madrid finally won Sevilla at home thanks to Tang Zheng. His long-range shot from 30 meters away was shocking, breaking Beto's goalkeeper, helping Real Madrid defeat Sevilla 2:1 at home and regain stability. own points advantage in the league.

Before Real Madrid made up the match, Real Madrid ranked first in the league with 18 wins, 2 draws and 56 points. Barcelona ranked second in the league with 17 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses and 53 points. Atletico Madrid ranked first in the league with 16 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses and 51 points. They are third in the league, so the points gap is not obvious, but as Real Madrid won Sevilla in the make-up game, the points gap became a bit bigger.

59 points, 53 points, 51 points, the gap became 6 points and 8 points.

Two balls and three balls.

Sevilla failed to stop Real Madrid, and the hopes of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid fans are pinned on the Madrid derby at the weekend.

After Tang Zheng returned to Madrid, Atletico Madrid head coach Simeone has been paying attention to Tang Zheng's recovery. Logically speaking, Tang Zheng, who has just participated in the Asian Cup, will have a period of downturn that will last until the end of the Madrid derby.

If Tang Zheng was in poor condition, Atletico Madrid's victory over Real Madrid at home would be a sure thing, but who would have thought that Tang Zheng, who had only recovered for two days after returning to Madrid, would come off the bench to help Real Madrid defeat Sevilla and consolidate their league points advantage.

Judging from Tang Zheng's performance in the limited twenty minutes, he is still the best midfielder in the world!

Thinking of this, Simeone couldn't help but have a headache.

It was true that Tang Zheng was the player he was most satisfied with so far in his coaching career, but he didn't want to become a rival with this player he was most satisfied with.

Tang Zheng has comprehensive abilities and amazing statistics on both offense and defense. If Tang Zheng performs as well as in the Madrid Derby, it will be difficult for Atletico Madrid to win the game even if they sit at the Calderon Stadium, and even a draw will be difficult to guarantee.

In the blink of an eye, the second round of the Madrid derby of the 2014-2015 La Liga season kicked off at the Calderon Stadium.

There is good news for Simeone. Real Madrid, which finished its midweek make-up game, only has three short days of rest before the Madrid derby. This period of time is not enough rest time for Tang Zheng, who has just finished his Asian Cup trip. Therefore, Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti still put Tang Zheng on the substitute list.

Atletico Madrid head coach Simeone grinned when he saw Real Madrid's starting lineup. The problems he had previously worried about might arise in the Madrid derby, but it would be a different matter if Tang Zheng was not in the starting lineup.

Real Madrid without Tang Zheng, no matter how strong Real Madrid is, is still a weak persimmon.

as expected!

Twenty minutes passed in the first half, and the score displayed on the huge LCD screen at Calderon Stadium was 2:0.

The home team goes first and the away team goes last.

Two goals from Saul and Thiago helped Atletico lead Real Madrid.

The on-site director gave a meaningful close-up shot of Tang Zheng, the substitute, when Atletico Madrid players were celebrating a goal. The intention of this scene was very clear.

If Real Madrid had Tang Zheng in the midfield, maybe the two goals conceded would no longer exist.

The first goal conceded was when Toni Kroos and Modric made mistakes after being under constant defensive pressure, and were intercepted by Koke and passed directly behind them.

The second goal conceded was a missed corner kick defense, which was grabbed by Portuguese international Thiago.

Normally when defending corner kicks, Tang Zheng will control the landing point near the penalty point, and Thiago's header came from near the penalty point. If Tang Zheng is in position, it does not mean that he will not lose the ball 100%. , it can only be said that the probability of losing the ball will be minimized.

Tang Zheng, who appeared on the broadcast screen, frowned. He really didn't expect that the team could not fully adapt to his absence from the team for nearly a month.

If he had known this, he should have shown a stronger desire to fight.

The reason why Tang Zheng did not show a strong enough desire to fight was directly related to his unsatisfactory physical recovery. Six games in twenty days, and then a long-distance flight of tens of thousands of miles, both physically and mentally exhausted.

He thought that in the first half, everyone should be able to play hard when they were full of energy, but he did not expect Atletico Madrid to be in such good condition.

While the defensive end adopted high pressure, it also paid attention to cutting off the connection between Real Madrid players and cutting them into countless individuals. Coupled with efficient counterattacks, it can be said that Real Madrid was lucky enough to only lead by two goals in the first 20 minutes. .

Trailing by two goals in less than 20 minutes, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti thought about making substitutions. However, considering the superiority of Real Madrid players, the adjustment at this time was very subtle, which meant denying his starting lineup. Express your dissatisfaction with the player's performance to the world.

Real Madrid is different from other clubs, the stars are often more important than the coach!

As a result, Real Madrid adjusted its game strategy and strengthened its defense.

With a little luck, the score did not change until the end of the first half, and both sides entered their respective locker rooms with a score of 2:0.

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Atletico Madrid fans at the Calderon Stadium were very proud at this time. The team led Real Madrid by two goals early. If it weren't for some bad luck, Atletico Madrid would have probably ended the first half with a three-goal lead.

If the score really becomes 3:0, then the Madrid derby in the second round of this season will basically mean that the dust has settled.

Pity!

"Ouch-ouch——"

But this does not affect the passion of Atletico Madrid fans. Even during halftime, the cheers they create are getting louder and louder.

Before the start of the second half, Real Madrid made expected substitution adjustments.

Tang Zheng replaced Isco who performed poorly.

Not long after, with the whistle of the referee Marienko, the second half of the 22nd round of the 2014-2015 La Liga match between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid officially began.

Atletico Madrid, which had a kick-off advantage, did not rush to participate in the attack, but deliberately controlled the rhythm of the game through midfield passes.

Although controlling the rhythm of the game is not Atletico Madrid's best way of playing football, Atletico Madrid, which is leading the score, is confident because they have few ways to attack with the ball, but many ways after losing the ball.

Gabi made a passing error under pressure from Cristiano Ronaldo and Benzema, and Real Madrid switched from defense to attack.

Tang Zheng, who had just received the football, was about to pass the ball when he was kicked to the ground by Saul. The referee Marienko's whistle sounded, but there was no intention of taking out the card, not even a warning.

Tang Zheng touched his right ankle, which was still a little painful, with his right hand and shook his head. He finally knew his mentor Simeone's defensive strategy against him in the second half.

That’s right!

It's a reckless foul!

Try not to let Tang Zheng get the ball comfortably!

If you can destroy it, destroy it; if you can't destroy it, it's a foul!

Anyway, in a home game, as long as the action is not particularly big, the referee will still give some face.

At the same time, Atletico Madrid coach Simeone raised the corners of his mouth slightly, showing a confident smile.

Saul's foul was a strategy to defend Tang Zheng, and it was also a test of referee Marienko's penalty standards.

According to feedback from Saul's foul, Marienko's penalty scale in this game is relatively loose.

Tang Zheng worked very hard in the first ten minutes of the second half, but Atletico Madrid's defense was very high, and they tried their best to defend Tang Zheng. They did not give Tang Zheng a good chance to get the ball at all, even if he retreated between the two central defenders to get the ball. There will also be Mandzukic interference around the offense.

Therefore, Tang Zheng played very uncomfortable, and Real Madrid's overall offense was also affected. It was difficult to find opportunities in Atletico Madrid's heavy defense.

Real Madrid, which is two goals behind, has yet to create a good scoring opportunity, while Atletico Madrid, playing at home, frequently creates murderous opportunities. If Casillas hadn't been focused, the third away goal would have been very likely.

Atletico Madrid continued to create murderous opportunities, and the home fans in the stands made waves of regrets.

After 60 minutes, Atletico Madrid, which missed consecutive opportunities, finally expanded the score to three goals.

Turan took the ball from the right. Before Tang Zheng could retreat into the penalty area, Saul, who ran to the far end of the penalty area, beat Nacho and headed back. Griezmann alertly hit the ball five meters away from the goal. He completed a left-footed shot in front of Toni Kroos, and the football flew close to the turf towards the near corner of the goal.

Because the distance was too close, goalkeeper Casillas had no reaction.

"Ouch-ouch——"

The hysterical chants of Atletico Madrid fans rang out over the Calderon Stadium.

Central 5 commentator He Wei looked at the lifeless Real Madrid players in the broadcast and said worriedly: "An hour into the game, Atletico Madrid, sitting at the Calderon Stadium, led Real Madrid by three goals. This is undoubtedly a desperate situation for Real Madrid. !”